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bad V.S. 1915

FM Former Member
As my machanic was installing the new chico 2387. he noticed something wrong where the fuel line goes from the tank and enters the shifter tunnel. There is about a 3 inch gap to bridge with a fuel hose. He saw that this line was about 12-15 inches long. and had a severe kink in it. that may have been why the motor had a hard time getting to 4500 revs. it may have been starving for fuel. And this may have caused a lean condition at hi-way speeds and torched the motor. Of course it was out of warranty. At any rate this is just one more example of the shoddy attention to detail that has become vintage. also the throttle cable exit was cut with a hack saw and the burrs on it were never cleaned up. this seems to be why i have had to blip the pedal to get to motor to idle down at a stop light. Kirk!! you need to slow down and hire some workers that care about what they put together in your name.
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FM Former Member
As my machanic was installing the new chico 2387. he noticed something wrong where the fuel line goes from the tank and enters the shifter tunnel. There is about a 3 inch gap to bridge with a fuel hose. He saw that this line was about 12-15 inches long. and had a severe kink in it. that may have been why the motor had a hard time getting to 4500 revs. it may have been starving for fuel. And this may have caused a lean condition at hi-way speeds and torched the motor. Of course it was out of warranty. At any rate this is just one more example of the shoddy attention to detail that has become vintage. also the throttle cable exit was cut with a hack saw and the burrs on it were never cleaned up. this seems to be why i have had to blip the pedal to get to motor to idle down at a stop light. Kirk!! you need to slow down and hire some workers that care about what they put together in your name.
FM Former Member
jerry,
no excuse for the lack of attention to detail and you should never ever put a hidden rubber hose anywhere. The hose will leak it's just a question of when, but your lack of rpm's
was not caused by a kink in the hose. If your engine is at idle (running) and you throttle up
and don't reach 4500. You're still running on what's in the bowl and the kink shouldn't come into play. Don't let your new mechanic straighten out the kink, replace the line from end to end. Good luck with your new motor.
FM Former Member
So far so good with the CPR motor. The build was a combo of my specs & his. I.E. I told chico what kind of power/ torque i wanted (mid range power) and he did the build off of that. I heard it run for the first time today. Sounds great, those straight cut cam gears sure howl. The only things left to do are final jetting. chico is at sea level. rapid city S.D. ranges from 3200-6000ft.
and checking carb sync. and adjust the new berg shifter. Should be ready for the road by tuesday or wednesday. I will report back how it goes down the road.
And when i looked at the old motor. On the back of the doghouse in big yellow letters was. 1600CC. So I'm not even sure of what motor was even in my car. I guess at this point in time i don't really care.
FM Former Member
Wow, Jerry....you were surprised as I was with the yellow lettering on the back of the shroud. I ordered a 1776 with my build and found out a week ago that I got a 1915 instead. Did you order a 1915 and get a 1600? If that's the case I think you're owed some money...by the way, your new engine photos on your folder aren't showing....
FM Former Member
My mechanic says the only way to be sure what my old motor is. is to tear it down and measure the bore. They could have grabed a tin that had 1600 on it and put it on a 1915. But as i said. At this point in time i really don't care. Out with the old in with the new.
I do feel bad about all the things that have been going on at V.S. Kirk was a pioneer in the speedster replicar industry. It's a shame that the attention to detail is what it is. esp when attention to detail does not add much to the cost. Each car should have a build sheet showing what was done, who did it, and when it was done. That way kirk could track the problem areas and fire or retrain the offending employee. A quality control program would help to. I'm sure it's tough on kirk and co. to have to put out the fires. a little prevention would be much easier.
FM Former Member
Well Jerry; if I remember correctly each car has a build sheet which is your invoice at the same time. In my case when I saw the 1915 marking on the back of the shroud I contacted Kirk and he confirmed it saying that he'd been having problems with the 1776's he was being supplied with at the time. Since the cost was the same he just shipped my car with a 1915; only he forgot to tell me.
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